EVERYONE manipulates the facts to some degree to support their own position.
Dr. Postol has earned his label of antimissile critic through his testimony and writings. So he (and everyone else) has an agenda. Just keep that in mind when reading the report.
I don't know about the effectiveness of the antimissile systems. It is a difficult task, to say the least. But we should keep trying. The defense department shouldn't "sex up" the record and the detractors shouldn't consider anything less than perfect to be a failure.
I agree we need the nukes.
America's message to the rest of the world should be that if you come at us, we will come after you and you have no idea with we will be bringing with us.
" Now a new analysis being published by two antimissile critics at MIT and Cornell casts doubt on the reliability of the SM-3 rocket-powered interceptor."
Pro-immigration groups publish report citing benefits of illegal immigration. Anti-gun group publishes report on the danger of guns. Pro-drug group publish a report down playing down the dangers of drugs Pro-Democrat group publish report on the short comings of Republicans Pro-Republican group publish report on the short comings of Democrats
Advocate group publishes report that promotes/detracts from whatever the group promotes/detracts from.
Even a cursory examination of the changes shows that they are largely:
1. Adding more topics. 2. Removing specific call outs to Liberal and Conservative pet issues. 3. Generalizing the goals of objectives which will give the teachers more leeway in curriculum.
Keep in mind that while the Indians were most definitely practically exterminated, they gave as good as they got much of the time. It wasn't until after the Civil War when the U.S. had a much larger force and no more distractions that the serious "pacification" efforts started.
There has been a slow rise in us-vs-them mentality since Reagan decided that it is best that people be responsible for themselves and not rely on government hand outs. At this point, the Left went ape shit and things have never been the same since.
Hello? Yucca Mountain. Have you been living in a cave?
Unfortunately your buddy Obama stopped that in its tracks. Probably so he and people like you could say "there's no place to keep the waste!"
And that's only if you insist on storing perfectly good fuel instead of reprocessing it until there is hardly any energy left. But you will say "ooohhh it's too dangerous". Of course you know nothing of which you speak.
As for building new ones, all it takes is a few approved designed, central manufacturing, and a out right prohibition on lawsuits by the wackos and the nuke plants could go up faster than anyone imagined possible.
You people will say it can't be done, but it can. And the sooner we get started the better.
"Alternative" Energy is like fusion...it's always just around the corner.
So you just keep saying No to nuclear energy and they will keep drilling. Because wind farms and solar are pipe dreams for you people to jack off to.
capital costs of building a new nuclear power plant have historically been high
Can you spell lawsuits? As in the incessant string of lawsuits filed by the anti- nuke wackos for practically every plant?
"Policy issues such as spent fuel disposal methods, liability insurance questions, and overall safety concerns on the part of the Luddite, poorly informed, environmental wackos, have also adversely affected nuclear construction."
Actually, there is...Yucca Mountain. But your buddy Obama shut that down. Probably just so he and people like you could say there is no place to store waste.
But this is only if we insist on being idiots and "waste" the fuel by using it once instead of reprocessing it and using it again and again until there is hardly any radioactivity left.
Don't forget the 100mph carburetors, the engines that run on water, and of course they have had their foot on the neck of the electric car makers since day 1!
Really, why didn't you just say it was Bush's fault and be done with it?
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I'm a member of the Indecisive Party. We can't decide what we support...I think...I'm not sure.
EVERYONE has an agenda.
EVERYONE manipulates the facts to some degree to support their own position.
Dr. Postol has earned his label of antimissile critic through his testimony and writings. So he (and everyone else) has an agenda. Just keep that in mind when reading the report.
I don't know about the effectiveness of the antimissile systems. It is a difficult task, to say the least. But we should keep trying. The defense department shouldn't "sex up" the record and the detractors shouldn't consider anything less than perfect to be a failure.
I agree we need the nukes.
America's message to the rest of the world should be that if you come at us, we will come after you and you have no idea with we will be bringing with us.
" Now a new analysis being published by two antimissile critics at MIT and Cornell casts doubt on the reliability of the SM-3 rocket-powered interceptor."
Pro-immigration groups publish report citing benefits of illegal immigration.
Anti-gun group publishes report on the danger of guns.
Pro-drug group publish a report down playing down the dangers of drugs
Pro-Democrat group publish report on the short comings of Republicans
Pro-Republican group publish report on the short comings of Democrats
Advocate group publishes report that promotes/detracts from whatever the group promotes/detracts from.
Are we seeing a pattern here?
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I am just pointing out that this canard is used again and again by people when it is convenient for them to bash the "Red" states.
So clearly, many people on the Left consider it a Red State/Blue State issue.
You mean Oprah Winfrey?
Even a cursory examination of the changes shows that they are largely:
1. Adding more topics.
2. Removing specific call outs to Liberal and Conservative pet issues.
3. Generalizing the goals of objectives which will give the teachers more leeway in curriculum.
Keep in mind that while the Indians were most definitely practically exterminated, they gave as good as they got much of the time. It wasn't until after the Civil War when the U.S. had a much larger force and no more distractions that the serious "pacification" efforts started.
CA passed a law taking that information out of their textbooks.
Pearls before swine is more like it.
Oh, so the measurement of how much goes the feds vs. how much comes back to the states is only an issue when the Libs use it to disparage Red States?
I see...why am I not surprised?
Dumb Fucking Asshole:
http://themortgagereports.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/foreclosures-per-household-201004.png
Twenty One States that are not in the South have higher default rates than Texas.
In fact, 8 of the top ten are not Southern states. CA is fourth,
There has been a slow rise in us-vs-them mentality since Reagan decided that it is best that people be responsible for themselves and not rely on government hand outs. At this point, the Left went ape shit and things have never been the same since.
After all, this fact is probably one of the ones the Left has eliminated from the text books over the years.
"I'm not the one saying reprocessing is too dangerous. but who is doing that? No one, really. gosh, I wonder why."
I think the French would take exception to you calling them "no one".
Dumb ass. You ignorance is exceeded only by your...well...nothing really.
A little behind on our reading are we?
Hello? Yucca Mountain. Have you been living in a cave?
Unfortunately your buddy Obama stopped that in its tracks. Probably so he and people like you could say "there's no place to keep the waste!"
And that's only if you insist on storing perfectly good fuel instead of reprocessing it until there is hardly any energy left. But you will say "ooohhh it's too dangerous". Of course you know nothing of which you speak.
As for building new ones, all it takes is a few approved designed, central manufacturing, and a out right prohibition on lawsuits by the wackos and the nuke plants could go up faster than anyone imagined possible.
You people will say it can't be done, but it can. And the sooner we get started the better.
"Alternative" Energy is like fusion...it's always just around the corner.
So you just keep saying No to nuclear energy and they will keep drilling. Because wind farms and solar are pipe dreams for you people to jack off to.
Try some of your "Green" mushrooms. You will soon be back to worshiping the trees.
I'll give you that...anti-nuke wackos are anti-everything. It's easier to say they are pro-live in a cave and eat nuts and twigs.
capital costs of building a new nuclear power plant have historically been high
Can you spell lawsuits? As in the incessant string of lawsuits filed by the anti- nuke wackos for practically every plant?
"Policy issues such as spent fuel disposal methods, liability insurance questions, and overall safety concerns on the part of the Luddite, poorly informed, environmental wackos, have also adversely affected nuclear construction."
There, fixed it for ya.
Actually, there is...Yucca Mountain. But your buddy Obama shut that down. Probably just so he and people like you could say there is no place to store waste.
But this is only if we insist on being idiots and "waste" the fuel by using it once instead of reprocessing it and using it again and again until there is hardly any radioactivity left.
Don't forget the 100mph carburetors, the engines that run on water, and of course they have had their foot on the neck of the electric car makers since day 1!
Really, why didn't you just say it was Bush's fault and be done with it?
...about how many nuke plants we could have had in operation by now had it not been for the anti-nuke activists.
It could have been the case that offshore drilling wouldn't even have been required.
We could have been well on the way to electric transportation infrastructure.
But, we'll never know now.
Thanks anti-nuke wackos.
Hmmm...great entertainment value there. Probably worth giving it a try.